BBC's Strictly Come Dancing are reportedly hoping to sign on an iconic British Olympian for the next series of the competition
Iconic Olympian Sir Mo Farah is reportedly in talks to join BBC series Strictly Come Dancing in a 'bid to restore the show following scandals'. The dancing competition went through a series of scandals, with Amanda Abbington accusing professional dancer partner Giovanni Pernice of bullying in 2023.
Amanda made a series of claims about bullying behaviour and Giovanni decided to take a break from the public eye following the scandal. However, he recently won the Italian version of Strictly and has returned to the UK for a series of dance projects.
BBC are reportedly hoping to sign on Sir Mo Farah (Image: Stu Forster/Getty Images)
Around the same time, Graziano Di Prima was axed from the show. But reports emerged over the summer claiming that the Italian dancer had kicked and hit Zara, 27, which he strongly denies.
He later admitted that his "intense passion and determination to win might have affected my training regime." Most recently, Wynne Evans was axed from the Strictly live tour over his behaviour.
Wynne appeared on This Morning recently to speak about his series of scandals while on the BBC show - and revealed that the negative attention had taken a severe toll on his mental health.
"It took me into the darkest spot of my life. When the headlines keep coming and coming and coming, when something gets picked up and it just doesn't stop," he said.
"I was at my lowest ebb, I wanted to end my life. I would have if I hadn't been surrounded by people.
At one point, one the newspapers was so relentless, I remember saying to my girlfriend, 'I have to kill myself. I have to because this is what they want,'" he said, breaking down in tears.
"You're full of these thoughts the entire time and it takes over your life," he said to the hosts.
And now, it has been reported that Strictly Come Dancing are hoping to get Sir Mo Farah onto the show as he's a "genuine national treasure".A source claimed to The Sun: “His personality would provide the perfect tonic to the toxicity that’s overshadowed Strictly. Bosses would love to sign him up but the talks are at a very early stage.”
